Seven weeks into the season and the New Orleans Saints remain undefeated at 6-0, having pulled themselves out of the cellar on Sunday in a challenging contest against Miami. The Dolphins spent the first half of the game throwing all sorts of defensive schemes at Saints quarterback Drew Brees and the Saint's O-line, racking up sacks, fumbles and interceptions from Brees. Facing a three touchdown deficit going into the half, Brees talked head coach Sean Peyton into calling a fourth-and-goal ... read on »
It seems that every since the AHIP (American Health Insurance Providers) went rogue with their "report" on the costs of healthcare reform and their push to get GOP lawmakers to oppose any form of health insurance, the notion of revoking their anti-trust exemption (passed in the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945) has been gaining steam. H.R. 3596, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 has passed the Judiciary Committee of the House, acting narrowly to remove anti-trust ... read on »
Things are starting to get interesting in the healthcare legislation. From ABC's the Note, Jonathan Karl is reporting that word is now that Harry Reid may well include the "public option" in the bill that he presents to the floor of the Senate, suggesting that the whip count might allow him to get 60 votes to end a GOP filibuster of the bill even if he only ends up with 51 votes, ultimately, to pass the bill. Procedurally, this would cover everyone's butts in the process:
Intuit, the folks who make QuickBooks and Quicken software, have a fun little contest going on. Called "Love a Local Business," the promotion lets you nominate a small business as a deserving business, and then encourage others to vote and comment on that business. Those with the most support (or the most effective comments) can receive a $1000 "grant" (it's a $500 Visa prepaid and $500 worth of Intuit stuff) if they get support of their community and some interesting comments along the way.
Interesting report from Bill Moyers...Dick Armey, the leader of FreedomWorks, (former House Leader and one of that architects of the "Contract With America") is now raking in the cash from lobbying and exciting the masses against healthcare, including a podium moment at the Teaparty March on Washington.
Interesting, Armey has had a "public option" healthcare plan most of his adult life -- just like all member of Congress -- one that he's actually sued the government to keep!
This study was reported back in December, but I just came across it and thought it was interesting -- according to the story The Corruption Belt by the Institute for Southern Studies, Mississippi ranks as the second most corrupt state in the union based on per capita convictions. Perhaps that's not all that surprising, but it's interesting the context of some of the tea-parties complaints about "Illinois-style" politics -- while it's up there, it's nowhere near as corrupt as Mississippi; which ... read on »
According to The Hill, President Obama will address a joint session of Congress next Looks like Obama will be working to get the talking stick back after a month of tea parties and town halls. It'll be interesting to see if he's only talking about health insurance reform or if there's a wide swath that he's cutting; not that he, Pelosi and Reed will meet to discuss it all the day before.
The address is Obama’s second since taking office and comes as the administration is losing patience with ... read on »
The Washington Post is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder plans to appoint a special prosecutor to look into possibility that CIA personnel "may have broken the law in their dealings with detainees." From the report:
Holder's decision could complicate the Justice Department's relationship with the White House, where President Obama has repeatedly expressed a desire to move forward from the national security controversies of the Bush administration. Deputy White House press secretary ... read on »
I tossed this together after Donna and I *finally* got out of the office around 9:30pm last Friday (her Palm Desktop had a meltdown and I was trying in vain to recover portions of her calendar) and got down to downtown Jackson's interesting new nightspot, Underground 119. (Trivia: the Underground 119 space housed the old Planet Weekly offices for a time.)
This is from the Flip cam in a noisy jazz club setting, so pardon the audio:
Owner Mike McCree was gracious enough to have the kitchen ... read on »
Nov 20, 2009 [Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as…
Nov 20, 2009 [Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears…
Nov 20, 2009 [Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one…
Nov 20, 2009 [Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is…
Nov 20, 2009 Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest…
Nov 20, 2009 [Doyle] From Dixie, With Love amoderatemississippian: check out the following link:
It does appear, by the article written today,…
Nov 20, 2009 [Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you…
Nov 20, 2009 [Doyle] From Dixie, With Love ladd: A fail-safe principle I've always sworn by: If the Kluckers agree with me about something, I need to rethink it.
Nov 20, 2009 [Doyle] From Dixie, With Love Goldenae: I would truly be ashamed of myself if I looked at life and others the way the some people do. Some…
Nov 20, 2009 Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities Goldenae: Why is it so hard to understand that regardless of what we would like to think, there are different…
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Nov 20, 2009[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is…
Nov 20, 2009
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest…
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
amoderatemississippian: check out the following link:
http://www.oxfordeagle.com/news2.html
It does appear, by the article written today,…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you…
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
ladd: A fail-safe principle I've always sworn by: If the Kluckers agree with me about something, I need to rethink it.
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
Goldenae: I would truly be ashamed of myself if I looked at life and others the way the some people do. Some…
Nov 20, 2009
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
Goldenae: Why is it so hard to understand that regardless of what we would like to think, there are different…